Tooraweenah is a small village just off the

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about north east of

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in the central west of

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. At the , Tooraweenah had a population of 239. The land surrounding Tooraweenah is used for sheep, cattle, goat and emu grazing. There is broadscale grain cropping as well. Tooraweenah is often the last stop for tourists on their way from Gilgandra to the

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Services

*caravan park *pub *post office *hardware and

agricultural supply store Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

*community technology centre *automotive repair and fuelling *aerodrome

Clubs

*tennis club, *

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, *agricultural show society. *Biddon-Tooraweenah Cricket Club ABC Shield Premiers 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2018/19

Telecommunications

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Remote Integrated Multiplexor (RIM) provides

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telephony and

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, and

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, *

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broadcast FM radio transponders at nearby Needle Mountain (including 105.5 MHz Classic FM, 106.3 MHz News Radio, 107.1 MHz Local Radio, and 107.9 MHz Radio National), *a UHF CB repeater on Channel 1, *an amateur radio repeater on 146.8 MHz.

References

External links

Tooraweenah.com
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